Although full time job, sometimes been asked to repair (like everyone else on this site) electrical /mechanical equipment big or small up to the not so easy washing machines and mig welders. Down to a few items nowadays due to the throw-away attitudes that people have, as items do not cost as much as the older items once did.
The skip sites were valuable to me to hunt for parts as I repaired items for no cost whenever I could. Due to H&S you are not allowed now this past few years to remove anything from a skip site.
The big winner of this new law. "The right to repair " will be of course that big rich company where you can get anything even a small £1 switch in a big cardboard box (and I use them for parts), the loser will be the with hundreds of big vans travelling all over the country for small items.
This is only a small courteous take on this from me, others may have a more generous view.
You don't sell more lamps by making ones that last longer. You sell more by making ones that are designed to fail after a defined time.
Depends totally on your marketing strategy! Some companies base their strategy on reliability, some on cost, both strategies work.
That one feels like a slightly academic argument anyway, by coincidence I was passing the light bulb section as I was shopping yesterday and it made me realise that I couldn't remember the last time I bought a bulb because it failed! (Other than the filament bulb in the oven.)
What I find more irritating is the "dreadful" news that Samsung may be delayed in releasing its latest phone. That's not about about engineering in obsolescence, that's about marketing in obsolescence - it really isn't the end of the world that people may need to use a two year old design for another year. Ok, it is slightly about engineering in obsolescence by allowing software bloat so that perfectly functional older technology becomes unusably slow (I've just bought a new tablet for that reason, fortunately I was able to think of a use for the old one). Rantette over...
You don't sell more lamps by making ones that last longer. You sell more by making ones that are designed to fail after a defined time.
Depends totally on your marketing strategy! Some companies base their strategy on reliability, some on cost, both strategies work.
That one feels like a slightly academic argument anyway, by coincidence I was passing the light bulb section as I was shopping yesterday and it made me realise that I couldn't remember the last time I bought a bulb because it failed! (Other than the filament bulb in the oven.)
What I find more irritating is the "dreadful" news that Samsung may be delayed in releasing its latest phone. That's not about about engineering in obsolescence, that's about marketing in obsolescence - it really isn't the end of the world that people may need to use a two year old design for another year. Ok, it is slightly about engineering in obsolescence by allowing software bloat so that perfectly functional older technology becomes unusably slow (I've just bought a new tablet for that reason, fortunately I was able to think of a use for the old one). Rantette over...
